All 140 clues from the Sunday NYT Crossword (21 by 21), with every answer hidden until you want it. Check a length or a first letter before you reveal a whole answer.
Today's title: Heart Transplants
Across clues and answer lengths
- 1 Easy putt (5)
- 6 Clever (5)
- 11 Exam for a future atty. (4)
- 15 Boulderer's safety item (3)
- 18 Muffin alternative (5)
- 19 Sea surrounding Mykonos (6)
- 21 Flour in Indian cooking (4)
- 22 "Mr. Blue Sky" band, in brief (3)
- 23 Some "Star Trek" slang? (12)
- 25 Infamous Russian mystic (8)
- 27 Glow up? (3)
- 28 One might be liquid or frozen (5)
- 29 Street that might run all the way through town (4)
- 31 Like most autographs (5)
- 32 French filmmaker Jacques (4)
- 34 Secrets known only to E.N.T.s? (14)
- 38 Depression formed by a volcano's collapse (7)
- 41 Did a taxing job? (7)
- 42 C.I.A. forerunner (3)
- 43 Listened to "Rigoletto" way too many times? (12)
- 46 Mideast leaders (5)
- 48 Member of the South Asian diaspora (4)
- 49 Ocho menos uno (5)
- 50 Berkeley university, familiarly (3)
- 53 Rubber stamp go-with (6)
- 56 Many a David Foster Wallace piece (5)
- 58 Not gross (3)
- 59 Wild hogs (5)
- 61 "___ y plata" (Montana's motto) (3)
- 62 Sleuth, slangily (3)
- 64 "A sharp edge recalls a splinter's bite" or "The forest's final revenge is whisper-thin," e.g.? (14)
- 69 N.K. ___, "Broken Earth" trilogy author (7)
- 73 Summer in France (3)
- 74 Person discussed in Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution (7)
- 75 Spark joy? (14)
- 80 Educational inst. (3)
- 81 "Feast," in Arabic (3)
- 82 Count (up) (5)
- 83 Slippery swimmer (3)
- 85 Daniel ___ (children's TV character) (5)
- 89 "The heart of the internet," per its tagline (6)
- 91 Handful (3)
- 93 Those opposed (5)
- 95 Animated explorer (4)
- 96 Cornea-reshaping surgery (5)
- 98 Diwali or Holi? (12)
- 101 Queen ___ (pop nickname) (3)
- 102 Bouncing (7)
- 105 Some hair products (7)
- 106 Like the world's worst demolition company? (14)
- 110 Rose bowl? (4)
- 111 Status after a leadoff walk (5)
- 112 Drubbing (4)
- 113 Wibbly-wobbly (5)
- 115 Hot stone massage location (3)
- 118 Take a risk (8)
- 120 A whole bunch of ocean detritus? (12)
- 124 Tsp. or tbsp. (3)
- 125 Triumphal monument shape (4)
- 126 Off-target (6)
- 127 Family girl (5)
- 128 Fleur-de-___ (3)
- 129 Luxury goods retailer since 1867 (4)
- 130 Needlessly adorns, in an idiom (5)
- 131 Massachusetts county in which the term "gerrymandering" was first applied (5)
Across first letters
- 1 starts with T
- 6 starts with S
- 11 starts with L
- 15 starts with P
- 18 starts with S
- 19 starts with A
- 21 starts with A
- 22 starts with E
- 23 starts with K
- 25 starts with R
- 27 starts with S
- 28 starts with A
- 29 starts with M
- 31 starts with I
- 32 starts with T
- 34 starts with E
- 38 starts with C
- 41 starts with A
- 42 starts with O
- 43 starts with O
- 46 starts with E
- 48 starts with D
- 49 starts with S
- 50 starts with C
- 53 starts with I
- 56 starts with E
- 58 starts with N
- 59 starts with B
- 61 starts with O
- 62 starts with T
- 64 starts with P
- 69 starts with J
- 73 starts with E
- 74 starts with E
- 75 starts with E
- 80 starts with S
- 81 starts with E
- 82 starts with T
- 83 starts with E
- 85 starts with T
- 89 starts with R
- 91 starts with F
- 93 starts with A
- 95 starts with D
- 96 starts with L
- 98 starts with H
- 101 starts with B
- 102 starts with O
- 105 starts with P
- 106 starts with L
- 110 starts with V
- 111 starts with O
- 112 starts with R
- 113 starts with A
- 115 starts with S
- 118 starts with C
- 120 starts with L
- 124 starts with A
- 125 starts with A
- 126 starts with E
- 127 starts with N
- 128 starts with L
- 129 starts with S
- 130 starts with G
- 131 starts with E
Show the across answers
- 1 Across: Easy putt TAPIN
- 6 Across: Clever SMART
- 11 Across: Exam for a future atty. LSAT
- 15 Across: Boulderer's safety item PAD
- 18 Across: Muffin alternative SCONE
- 19 Across: Sea surrounding Mykonos AEGEAN
- 21 Across: Flour in Indian cooking ATTA
- 22 Across: "Mr. Blue Sky" band, in brief ELO
- 23 Across: Some "Star Trek" slang? KLINGONLINGO
- 25 Across: Infamous Russian mystic RASPUTIN
- 27 Across: Glow up? SUN
- 28 Across: One might be liquid or frozen ASSET
- 29 Across: Street that might run all the way through town MAIN
- 31 Across: Like most autographs INPEN
- 32 Across: French filmmaker Jacques TATI
- 34 Across: Secrets known only to E.N.T.s? EARCANALARCANA
- 38 Across: Depression formed by a volcano's collapse CALDERA
- 41 Across: Did a taxing job? AUDITED
- 42 Across: C.I.A. forerunner OSS
- 43 Across: Listened to "Rigoletto" way too many times? OVERDIDVERDI
- 46 Across: Mideast leaders EMIRS
- 48 Across: Member of the South Asian diaspora DESI
- 49 Across: Ocho menos uno SIETE
- 50 Across: Berkeley university, familiarly CAL
- 53 Across: Rubber stamp go-with INKPAD
- 56 Across: Many a David Foster Wallace piece ESSAY
- 58 Across: Not gross NET
- 59 Across: Wild hogs BOARS
- 61 Across: "___ y plata" (Montana's motto) ORO
- 62 Across: Sleuth, slangily TEC
- 64 Across: "A sharp edge recalls a splinter's bite" or "The forest's final revenge is whisper-thin," e.g.? PAPERCUTAPERCU
- 69 Across: N.K. ___, "Broken Earth" trilogy author JEMISIN
- 73 Across: Summer in France ETE
- 74 Across: Person discussed in Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ELECTOR
- 75 Across: Spark joy? ELICITFELICITY
- 80 Across: Educational inst. SCH
- 81 Across: "Feast," in Arabic EID
- 82 Across: Count (up) TALLY
- 83 Across: Slippery swimmer EEL
- 85 Across: Daniel ___ (children's TV character) TIGER
- 89 Across: "The heart of the internet," per its tagline REDDIT
- 91 Across: Handful FEW
- 93 Across: Those opposed ANTIS
- 95 Across: Animated explorer DORA
- 96 Across: Cornea-reshaping surgery LASIK
- 98 Across: Diwali or Holi? HINDISHINDIG
- 101 Across: Queen ___ (pop nickname) BEY
- 102 Across: Bouncing OUSTING
- 105 Across: Some hair products POMADES
- 106 Across: Like the world's worst demolition company? LASTINBLASTING
- 110 Across: Rose bowl? VASE
- 111 Across: Status after a leadoff walk ONEON
- 112 Across: Drubbing ROUT
- 113 Across: Wibbly-wobbly AREEL
- 115 Across: Hot stone massage location SPA
- 118 Across: Take a risk CHANCEIT
- 120 Across: A whole bunch of ocean detritus? LOTSAFLOTSAM
- 124 Across: Tsp. or tbsp. AMT
- 125 Across: Triumphal monument shape ARCH
- 126 Across: Off-target ERRANT
- 127 Across: Family girl NIECE
- 128 Across: Fleur-de-___ LIS
- 129 Across: Luxury goods retailer since 1867 SAKS
- 130 Across: Needlessly adorns, in an idiom GILDS
- 131 Across: Massachusetts county in which the term "gerrymandering" was first applied ESSEX
Down clues and answer lengths
- 1 Disapproving sounds (4)
- 2 "Dissent is patriotic" grp. (4)
- 3 Anti-matter? (9)
- 4 Overnight stop (3)
- 5 Made irrelevant (7)
- 6 ___ serif (4)
- 7 Free-for-all (5)
- 8 Stress-induced discomfort (5)
- 9 Stimpy's TV partner (3)
- 10 Make it? (3)
- 11 Roundup rope (6)
- 12 Comics legend behind the Fantastic Four (7)
- 13 Calls out on social media, slangily (3)
- 14 Odd-toed ungulate (5)
- 15 Document used for a travel companion who might sit under a seat (11)
- 16 Many characters in Pixar's "Elio" (6)
- 17 "The Bear" matriarch played by Jamie Lee Curtis (5)
- 20 Rootless (7)
- 24 Green Egyptian god (6)
- 26 Get into, as a cab, say (6)
- 30 DiFranco who made her Broadway debut in "Hadestown" (3)
- 33 Northernmost arm of the Mediterranean (8)
- 35 Like a blue moon or blue steak (4)
- 36 Something to chew on (3)
- 37 Ship brass (8)
- 38 Work with Python, say (4)
- 39 Park and Fifth, e.g.: Abbr. (4)
- 40 Tennis score following deuce (4)
- 44 Second-in-command (4)
- 45 ___ Place, female companion of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (4)
- 47 Closely examine (7)
- 51 "Dancing With the Stars" network (3)
- 52 Cardinals legend Brock (3)
- 54 With the bow, in music (4)
- 55 Sullen (4)
- 57 "Indeed!" (7)
- 60 Performed exceptionally, in slang (3)
- 63 Bibliography listing (8)
- 65 Louvre Pyramid architect (3)
- 66 Mail Boxes ___ (3)
- 67 Chain that sells climbing gear (3)
- 68 Only egg-laying mammals besides platypuses (8)
- 69 Mocking cry (4)
- 70 "Night" memoirist Wiesel (4)
- 71 They might be the last to be booked on an airplane (11)
- 72 Grp. for Commanders and Chiefs (3)
- 76 Holiday classic starring Will Ferrell (3)
- 77 Soapmaker's supply (3)
- 78 Be inclined (4)
- 79 Cryptid with a Tibetan name (4)
- 84 Speech therapist's target (4)
- 86 Frigg and Freyja, e.g. (9)
- 87 One of the Great Lakes (4)
- 88 Cleaning cloths (4)
- 90 Home of the N.C.A.A.'s Flyers (6)
- 92 Train sound (7)
- 93 Home services website (4)
- 94 Dig up dirt, say (6)
- 97 "Barry Lyndon" director (7)
- 99 QB's worry: Abbr. (3)
- 100 Statement by someone who's out of date? (7)
- 101 Vietnamese sandwich (6)
- 103 Animals known for their slow metabolism (6)
- 104 Capital of ancient Troy? (3)
- 106 Alternative to express (5)
- 107 Ancient Andeans (5)
- 108 Like some allergy sprays (5)
- 109 Splendid (5)
- 114 Young newts (4)
- 116 A runner may need to pick it up (4)
- 117 Charger's option, informally (4)
- 119 Flop ___ (period of failure) (3)
- 121 Part of NGO: Abbr. (3)
- 122 Prefix with cycle (3)
- 123 Christmas carol contraction (3)
Down first letters
- 1 starts with T
- 2 starts with A
- 3 starts with P
- 4 starts with I
- 5 starts with N
- 6 starts with S
- 7 starts with M
- 8 starts with A
- 9 starts with R
- 10 starts with T
- 11 starts with L
- 12 starts with S
- 13 starts with A
- 14 starts with T
- 15 starts with P
- 16 starts with A
- 17 starts with D
- 20 starts with N
- 24 starts with O
- 26 starts with U
- 30 starts with A
- 33 starts with A
- 35 starts with R
- 36 starts with C
- 37 starts with A
- 38 starts with C
- 39 starts with A
- 40 starts with A
- 44 starts with V
- 45 starts with E
- 47 starts with I
- 51 starts with A
- 52 starts with L
- 54 starts with A
- 55 starts with D
- 57 starts with Y
- 60 starts with A
- 63 starts with C
- 65 starts with P
- 66 starts with E
- 67 starts with R
- 68 starts with E
- 69 starts with J
- 70 starts with E
- 71 starts with M
- 72 starts with N
- 76 starts with E
- 77 starts with L
- 78 starts with T
- 79 starts with Y
- 84 starts with L
- 86 starts with G
- 87 starts with E
- 88 starts with R
- 90 starts with D
- 92 starts with W
- 93 starts with A
- 94 starts with S
- 97 starts with K
- 99 starts with I
- 100 starts with I
- 101 starts with B
- 103 starts with S
- 104 starts with T
- 106 starts with L
- 107 starts with I
- 108 starts with N
- 109 starts with G
- 114 starts with E
- 116 starts with P
- 117 starts with A
- 119 starts with E
- 121 starts with O
- 122 starts with T
- 123 starts with T
Show the down answers
- 1 Down: Disapproving sounds TSKS
- 2 Down: "Dissent is patriotic" grp. ACLU
- 3 Down: Anti-matter? POINTLESS
- 4 Down: Overnight stop INN
- 5 Down: Made irrelevant NEGATED
- 6 Down: ___ serif SANS
- 7 Down: Free-for-all MELEE
- 8 Down: Stress-induced discomfort AGITA
- 9 Down: Stimpy's TV partner REN
- 10 Down: Make it? TAG
- 11 Down: Roundup rope LARIAT
- 12 Down: Comics legend behind the Fantastic Four STANLEE
- 13 Down: Calls out on social media, slangily ATS
- 14 Down: Odd-toed ungulate TAPIR
- 15 Down: Document used for a travel companion who might sit under a seat PETPASSPORT
- 16 Down: Many characters in Pixar's "Elio" ALIENS
- 17 Down: "The Bear" matriarch played by Jamie Lee Curtis DONNA
- 20 Down: Rootless NOMADIC
- 24 Down: Green Egyptian god OSIRIS
- 26 Down: Get into, as a cab, say UNCORK
- 30 Down: DiFranco who made her Broadway debut in "Hadestown" ANI
- 33 Down: Northernmost arm of the Mediterranean ADRIATIC
- 35 Down: Like a blue moon or blue steak RARE
- 36 Down: Something to chew on CUD
- 37 Down: Ship brass ADMIRALS
- 38 Down: Work with Python, say CODE
- 39 Down: Park and Fifth, e.g.: Abbr. AVES
- 40 Down: Tennis score following deuce ADIN
- 44 Down: Second-in-command VEEP
- 45 Down: ___ Place, female companion of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ETTA
- 47 Down: Closely examine INSPECT
- 51 Down: "Dancing With the Stars" network ABC
- 52 Down: Cardinals legend Brock LOU
- 54 Down: With the bow, in music ARCO
- 55 Down: Sullen DOUR
- 57 Down: "Indeed!" YESITIS
- 60 Down: Performed exceptionally, in slang ATE
- 63 Down: Bibliography listing CITATION
- 65 Down: Louvre Pyramid architect PEI
- 66 Down: Mail Boxes ___ ETC
- 67 Down: Chain that sells climbing gear REI
- 68 Down: Only egg-laying mammals besides platypuses ECHIDNAS
- 69 Down: Mocking cry JEER
- 70 Down: "Night" memoirist Wiesel ELIE
- 71 Down: They might be the last to be booked on an airplane MIDDLESEATS
- 72 Down: Grp. for Commanders and Chiefs NFL
- 76 Down: Holiday classic starring Will Ferrell ELF
- 77 Down: Soapmaker's supply LYE
- 78 Down: Be inclined TEND
- 79 Down: Cryptid with a Tibetan name YETI
- 84 Down: Speech therapist's target LISP
- 86 Down: Frigg and Freyja, e.g. GODDESSES
- 87 Down: One of the Great Lakes ERIE
- 88 Down: Cleaning cloths RAGS
- 90 Down: Home of the N.C.A.A.'s Flyers DAYTON
- 92 Down: Train sound WHISTLE
- 93 Down: Home services website ANGI
- 94 Down: Dig up dirt, say SHOVEL
- 97 Down: "Barry Lyndon" director KUBRICK
- 99 Down: QB's worry: Abbr. INT
- 100 Down: Statement by someone who's out of date? IMALONE
- 101 Down: Vietnamese sandwich BANHMI
- 103 Down: Animals known for their slow metabolism SLOTHS
- 104 Down: Capital of ancient Troy? TAU
- 106 Down: Alternative to express LOCAL
- 107 Down: Ancient Andeans INCAS
- 108 Down: Like some allergy sprays NASAL
- 109 Down: Splendid GRAND
- 114 Down: Young newts EFTS
- 116 Down: A runner may need to pick it up PACE
- 117 Down: Charger's option, informally AMEX
- 119 Down: Flop ___ (period of failure) ERA
- 121 Down: Part of NGO: Abbr. ORG
- 122 Down: Prefix with cycle TRI
- 123 Down: Christmas carol contraction TIS
Show the solved grid
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About this puzzle
- Made by Michael Lieberman
- Edited by Will Shortz
- Sunday puzzles are the biggest of the week (21 by 21) with a theme, at about Thursday difficulty.
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